Bell pitches

Bill Hibbert bill at ...
Mon Jun 13 21:30:37 BST 2005


DrL:

> Anything between F and F+50 will be classed as F.
> Anything between F+50 and F# will be classed as F#.
> Anything between F# and F#+50 will be classed as Gb.
> Anything between F#+50 and G will be classed as G.

Me (briefly emerging from beneath a large heap of peals, and blinking 
in the un-accustomed sunlight):

The trouble with this scheme, for example, is a peal of 8 in F# with 
slightly squiffy tuning which might have to be described as F#, Ab, 
A#, B, Db, D#, F, Gb which doesn't make a lot of musical sense - it 
will offend or confuse musicians while conveying no more to non-
musicians than F#, G#, A#, B, C#, D#, E#, F#.

Bill H






 


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